diff --git a/src/cart/crt_init.c b/src/cart/crt_init.c
index aa5716e71b52..4ae447bc8639 100644
--- a/src/cart/crt_init.c
+++ b/src/cart/crt_init.c
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
  */
 #include <malloc.h>
 #include <sys/mman.h>
-#include <sys/time.h>
 #include <sys/resource.h>
 #include "crt_internal.h"
 
@@ -610,8 +609,6 @@ crt_init_opt(crt_group_id_t grpid, uint32_t flags, crt_init_options_t *opt)
 	char          *domain_env = NULL;
 	char          *auth_key;
 	char          *auth_key_env = NULL;
-	struct timeval now;
-	unsigned int   seed;
 	char          *path;
 	bool           server        = flags & CRT_FLAG_BIT_SERVER;
 	int            rc            = 0;
@@ -673,11 +670,6 @@ crt_init_opt(crt_group_id_t grpid, uint32_t flags, crt_init_options_t *opt)
 
 	D_RWLOCK_WRLOCK(&crt_gdata.cg_rwlock);
 	if (crt_gdata.cg_inited == 0) {
-		/* feed a seed for pseudo-random number generator */
-		gettimeofday(&now, NULL);
-		seed = (unsigned int)(now.tv_sec * 1000000 + now.tv_usec);
-		d_srand(seed);
-
 		crt_gdata.cg_server = server;
 		crt_gdata.cg_auto_swim_disable =
 			(flags & CRT_FLAG_BIT_AUTO_SWIM_DISABLE) ? 1 : 0;
diff --git a/src/gurt/misc.c b/src/gurt/misc.c
index d92055a905d4..1abd49f7720b 100644
--- a/src/gurt/misc.c
+++ b/src/gurt/misc.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ void
 d_srand(long int seedval)
 {
 	srand48_r(seedval, &randBuffer);
+	D_INFO("d_rand initialized with seed %ld\n", seedval);
 }
 
 long int
@@ -544,7 +545,7 @@ d_rank_list_shuffle(d_rank_list_t *rank_list)
 		return;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < rank_list->rl_nr; i++) {
-		j = rand() % rank_list->rl_nr;
+		j = d_randn(rank_list->rl_nr);
 		tmp = rank_list->rl_ranks[i];
 		rank_list->rl_ranks[i] = rank_list->rl_ranks[j];
 		rank_list->rl_ranks[j] = tmp;
diff --git a/src/pool/cli.c b/src/pool/cli.c
index 22516be7a27c..c862ba3466b5 100644
--- a/src/pool/cli.c
+++ b/src/pool/cli.c
@@ -1631,9 +1631,7 @@ choose_map_refresh_rank(struct map_refresh_arg *arg)
 
 	if (arg->mra_i == -1) {
 		/* Let i be a random integer in [0, n). */
-		i = ((double)rand() / RAND_MAX) * n;
-		if (i == n)
-			i = 0;
+		i = d_randn(n);
 	} else {
 		/* Continue the round robin. */
 		i = arg->mra_i;